Blanche defends DOJ lawsuit over Alaska Senate race as Peltola seeks dismissal

Attorney General Todd Blanch is defending the Trump administration's lawsuit over Alaska's

Senate race and pushing back on suggestions the president is trying to interfere with the election

The Justice Department wants to stop Alaska from certifying Senate election results that

may have been affected by voter confusion. And the reason? Two candidates with nearly identical

names. Republican Senator Dan Sullivan is running for re-election against Democrat Mary Peltola

But there's also Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., a retired teacher who says he's running on his own and isn't trying to confuse voters

Republicans argue he could take away votes from the senator. On CNN Sunday, Blanche was pressed on whether the Justice Department had identified an actual crime

It could be a crime, but the real wrong here is that Alaskans are going to be confused and will not have their vote heard

So an Alaskan intends to vote for one candidate, but is confused because of the second candidate

with exactly the same name, who's voted Democrat his entire life, who donated money to the

other Democrat opponent is running. Alaska courts have already ruled both Sullivans can appear on the ballot and the state has distinguished them identifying the senator as a Republican and the incumbent Alaska other Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski says the Justice Department should never have

filed the lawsuit, writing on X, quote, Alaskans don't need any help voting

Trump, who says he ordered the legal challenge, defended it again Sunday

On his own, Dan Sullivan would win easily, but the Democrats have put another guy named

Dan Sullivan in this case, Daniel Sullivan on the ballot. And that's very unfair. That's

just outright cheating. So we're before the court to see what you can do. But people are

totally confused. They shouldn't be confused when voting. Peltola who's trying to flip the seat says the administration is distracting from the

issues voters care about and is asking a federal judge to throw out the lawsuit

I feel like this is yet another diversion from the issue that Alaskans want to talk about

which is affordability. This is exact kind of corruption Alaskans are tired of. And

you know, I think this is a perfect example, 11 days out from the election

of corruption and desperation, honestly. The Justice Department hasn't explained how it would

determine which Sullivan a voter meant to support since ballots are secret